House of Abhaiwongse

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House of Abhayavongsa
อภัยวงศ์
Country 
Prime minister of Thailand (1944–1945, 1946, 1947–1948)
Connected familiesHouse of Chakri
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Sinhaseni family
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Abhayavongsa (Thai: อภัยวงศ์; RTGS: Aphaiwong) is a Thai noble surname used by a Thai family[1] that formerly governed parts of Cambodia which was then ruled by Siam. Despite its long presence in Cambodia, it was never considered part of the Khmer nobility.

The Abhayavongsa family governed

Battambang Province, Cambodia) for six generations from the late 18th century, when Siam annexed the Khmer territories, until 1907, when the area was ceded to French Indochina effectively reuniting it with Cambodia. The title bestowed by the Thai King to the governor of Phra Tabong which was used by each successive governor was Aphaiphubet
.

In later years, the Abhayavongsa family played important roles in the anti-French struggle for Cambodian independence and one descendant became Prime Minister of Thailand. During World War II, Thailand regained control of the western Khmer provinces through Japanese mediation. Khuang Abhayavongsa was elected Prime Minister of Thailand, an office which he held three separate times between August 1944 and April 1948. Through family business ties, Khuang maintained close ties with the western Cambodian provinces during his time in office and fought, to no avail, to keep them under Thai rule in the wake of the Japanese loss and resurgence of the French in Indochina. His brother Chaowalit Aphaiwong worked until 1946 in a "Special Commission" in Battambang and was considered the "Nominal Head of the

Phiset Phanit (Pokhun), Khuang's brother-in-law. A French report of the era went so far as to claim "[t]he Khmer Issarak movement is both a political and commercial affair of the Aphaiwong family".[2] Thus, in the late 1940's, the Khmer nationalist Bun Chanmol
married a princess of the House of Abhaiwongse.

Family members

Members of the Abhayavongsa family include:

References

  1. ISBN 0700706224
    . Retrieved 3 Dec 2013.
  2. ^ Goscha. pg 165
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Rungswasdisab, Puangthong (1995). War and trade: Siamese interventions in Cambodia, 1767-1851. p. 213.
  4. ^ Rungswasdisab, Puangthong (1995). War and trade: Siamese interventions in Cambodia, 1767-1851. p. 185.
  5. ^ Princess Bejaratana
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